3 Out of 10
, which satirizes the game industry and humorously explores a fictional development studio making a runner game calledThe game features an ensemble cast, all with their own quirky personalities — one guy is always trying to get work done and constantly being bothered by his colleagues — while the setting mirrors a real studio with free soda in the fridge, game-themed cereal in the kitchen and an abundance of toys and gadgets populating every corner.
"There's very little actual development of the game that happens in these episodes, kind of similar to— there's very little office work that they're doing," Joe Mirabello, creative director of Terrible Posture Games, tellsafter offering a demo experience. "The episodes are about other things. But there's a shared experience that people can commiserate with."
Along the way there are homages to classic Game Boy games for people who are fans of game history and culture, and optional mini games to play, including stealth games, action, puzzle, Twitch-based, dungeon, spooky themed and more. "No genre is safe," laughs Mirabello. Tower of Gunshe goes on to explain. "We were excited about building something different, and we were really excited about the idea of this being episodic. We had never seen a game delivered like this before.
He goes on to say that the video game industry tends to be secretive and close, so the creative team were conscious of approaching the content in an appropriate way. "There's always very controversial topics going on at any one time, and it can be very easy to accidentally make light of real pain somewhere, and I wanted to make sure that I was respectful of anybody going through struggles.